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235. The infant Hercules [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [3 February 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.02.03.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- William Pitt, shown as a child sitting on the "Shield of Chatham," grasps by the neck two serpents, one with the head of Fox, the other with that of North. Fox's tail is inscribed, "Bill East India" and is entwined with North's tail labeled "American war."
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Feby. 3d, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and East India Company.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Snakes, and Shields
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The infant Hercules [graphic].
236. The infant Hercules [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [3 Feburary 1784] and [approximately 1868?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 14. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- William Pitt, shown as a child sitting on the "Shield of Chatham," grasps by the neck two serpents, one with the head of Fox, the other with that of North. Fox's tail is inscribed, "Bill East India" and is entwined with North's tail labeled "American war."
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attribution to Rowlandson from the British Museum catalogue and Grego., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6402 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 115., Temporary local subject terms: American War -- Bills: East India Bill -- Serpents -- Shields: Chatham., and On leaf 14 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Feby. 3d, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand and Field & Tuer
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and East India Company.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Snakes, and Shields
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The infant Hercules [graphic].
237. The last dying words of the retail shopkeepers, : who departed this life, on the 13th of June, 1785
- Published / Created:
- [1785]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 3
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Date of publication from ESTC., First line: "You see in us a melancholy instance of the depravity of the times ..., In one column with the title centered above; enclosed in border., A political satire, with reference to the shop tax imposed in 1785., Mounted on leaf 43. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
- Publisher:
- s.n.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Public opinion, Taxation, Merchants, Political activity, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The last dying words of the retail shopkeepers, : who departed this life, on the 13th of June, 1785
238. The late bombardment of government castle [graphic]
- Creator:
- Goodnight, N. C., printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 May 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.05.01.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The late ministers and the new Ministry spitting cannon-balls at each other, the former from a partly ruined castle ..." (--British Museum catalogue). Several of the ministers are recognizable, including, from the Opposition on the left, Burke, Conway, and Dunning, and in the castle the King, Archibishop Markham, Germain, and Cornwall
- Description:
- Title from item. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 1st, 1782 by J. Barrow, sold by E. Rich at the little Print Shop faceing Anderton's Coffee House, Fleet Street, and at Mr. Turners frame maker and print seller, No. 40, Snow hill
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Markham, William, 1719-1807., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., and Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Cannon balls, Bombardment, and Forts & fortifications
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The late bombardment of government castle [graphic]
239. The lord of the vineyard [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [3 April 1783]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The Duke of Portland, the new prime minister, leans over the gate to "Portland Place" handing down to Fox and North their reward in the form of an enormous bunch of grapes. Fox grasps the whole bunch taking a bite out of it while North, standing on his tiptoes with his arms wide open, cannot reach it. (In the verses below the title, as in other satires on the Coalition, North is the badger.)
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Six lines of verse below title: Says the badger to the fox, we're in the right box ..., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; sheet 34.2 x 23.5 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 57 of volume 1 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 3d, 1783, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Grapes, Gates, and Foxes
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The lord of the vineyard [graphic].
240. The lord of the vineyard [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [3 April 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.04.03.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The Duke of Portland, the new prime minister, leans over the gate to "Portland Place" handing down to Fox and North their reward in the form of an enormous bunch of grapes. Fox grasps the whole bunch taking a bite out of it while North, standing on his tiptoes with his arms wide open, cannot reach it. (In the verses below the title, as in other satires on the Coalition, North is the badger.)
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Six lines of verse below title: Says the badger to the fox, we're in the right box ..., and Mounted to 43 x 29 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 3d, 1783, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Grapes, Gates, and Foxes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The lord of the vineyard [graphic].
241. The loves of the fox and the badger, or, The coalition wedding [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 January 1784]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A design with nine compartments depicting Charles James Fox and Lord North, (as a fox and badger respectively), in a series of scenes beginning with the fox beating the badger in a fight, and culminating in their wedding dance in the last compartment. The Devil is present in several frames, encouraging the union, meant to satirize the coalition
- Alternative Title:
- Coalition wedding
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 22 x 32.4 cm., and Formerly mounted on leaf 38 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Iany. 7th, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, John Bull (Symbolic character), Foxes, Badgers, and Devil
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The loves of the fox and the badger, or, The coalition wedding [graphic].
242. The loves of the fox and the badger, or, The coalition wedding [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 January 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.01.07.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A design with nine compartments depicting Charles James Fox and Lord North, (as a fox and badger respectively), in a series of scenes beginning with the fox beating the badger in a fight, and culminating in their wedding dance in the last compartment. The Devil is present in several frames, encouraging the union, meant to satirize the coalition
- Alternative Title:
- Coalition wedding
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 29 x 40 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Iany. 7th, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, John Bull (Symbolic character), Foxes, Badgers, and Devil
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The loves of the fox and the badger, or, The coalition wedding [graphic].
243. The loves of the fox and the badger, or, The coalition wedding [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [7 January 1784] and [approximately 1868?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 25. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A design with nine compartments depicting Charles James Fox and Lord North, (as a fox and badger respectively), in a series of scenes beginning with the fox beating the badger in a fight, and culminating in their wedding dance in the last compartment. The Devil is present in several frames, encouraging the union, meant to satirize the coalition
- Alternative Title:
- Coalition wedding
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6369 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 112-4., and On leaf 25 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Iany. 7th, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand and Field & Tuer
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, John Bull (Symbolic character), Foxes, Badgers, and Devil
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The loves of the fox and the badger, or, The coalition wedding [graphic].
